Analyst Faults FG’s Proposed N248bn Road Projects In Ebonyi

A commentator on national issues, Mr Paschal Oluchukwu, Tuesday, called on President Bola Tinubu not to fund the proposed additional N248 billion road infrastructure development in Ebonyi State.

Oluchukwu, in his capacity as a concerned citizen and native of the state, made the demand in a statement he made available to newsmen. According to him, Ebonyi Governor Francis Nwifuru, and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, had lost the confidence of the people of the state.

Recall that Vice-President Kashim Shettima had on Monday, while flagging off the campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Abakakili, Ebonyi State, announced the unveiling of the fund for the road projects.

Our correspondent reported that the projects include the dualisation of the Enugu–Abakaliki–Ogoja Road, improvements to the Onueke–Ezza corridor and the Okposi–Amasiri Road, among others.

Oluchukwu said whereas he is not opposed to road projects and other interventions of the federal government in the state, “especially having suffered severe neglect like the rest of the South Eastern states under previous administrations, we have a deeply growing concern over the growing unaccountability in the utilization of funds by both the governor who has failed to complete any single project in nearly four years in office and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, who has also been accused of lack of openness and transparency in the execution of federal projects across the Nigerian State.”

He falted claims made by the governor and the minister at Monday’s rally that the state was a beehive of infrastructure projects. He alleged that “Ebonyi State continues to suffer from inadequate infrastructure development despite claims by Nwifuru and Umahi about the projects executed in the state.”